Flynn and Raiders fall apart, lose 24-14

The Raidcrs jumped out to 14-0 lead in the first quarter but injuries to running back Darren McFadden and Marcel Reece put a screeching half to any offense they had. The Redskins scored the final 24 points of the game to win their first game of the season, 24-14, in what was a grueling experience for the sellout crowd at O.co Coliseum.
Terelle Pryor didn’t play after a setback Saturday night in his recovery from a concussion, and Matt Flynn got the start at quarterback but looked skittish the last three quarters.
His second-quarter interception was returned 45 yards for a touchdown by David Amerson, and the cut the Raiders’ lead to 14-10. Pierre Garcon caught a five-yard TD pass from Robert Griffin III with 2:58 left in the third quarter to go up 17-14.
Flynn threw for 68 yards in the first quarter, and 67 total in the second and third as he was sacked five times. Often, it looked like he didn’t see the pressure coming. Like when Washington’s Ryan Kerrigan hit his arm in the pocket and Flynn fumbled in the fourth quarter.
That set up a 14-yard run by San Ramon Valley High product Roy Helu Jr. to put the Redskins up 24-14.
After he was booed coming back on the field, Flynn drove the Raiders downfield before fumbling the ball on an 4th down-and-1 keeper with three minutes left.
The Raiders fall to 1-3 while the Redskins got their first win and are also 1-3.
Reece and McFadden were knocked out of the game in the first half, Reece with a knee injury and McFadden with a hamstring injury. They came out to the sideline, along with Pryor, to watch the second half in street clothes, much to the horror of fans.
Rashad Jennings became the workhorse at that point, and that wasn’t going to work out for anybody.
Jennings did provide Oakland with its play of the day as he blocked Sav Rocca’s punt at the 11 with 10:40 left in the first quarter. Jeremy Stewart recovred in the endzone to put the Raiders up 7-0.
Flynn actually looked pretty decent early on, before the interception and lack of pocket awareness put a pin to his balloon of confidence. He complered five of his first seven passes for 68 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown to rookie tight end Mychal Rivera with 3:06 left in the first quarter.
Flynn, 28, became the 16th starting quarterback for the Raiders since the beginning of the 2003 season. All those guys now have a combined record of 50-114.
He came in the answer to a trivia question, as in his two career starts, Flynn totaled 731 yards with 9 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Heoined Dan Mario and Kurt Warner as the only quarterbacks to throw three-plus touchdown passes in each of their first two career stats
The Chronicle reported Saturday night that Pryor was going to start at quarterback Sunday, but he had a setback and began showing concussion symptoms late that night.
Coach Dennis Allen then told the team in a meeting that plans had changed and that Matt Flynn was going to be the starter against the Redskins.
Pryor had passed all of his concussion tests. He sustained the concussion in Monday night’s game against the Broncos, and was limited in practice Thursday and Friday. He was cleared for contact Friday and Allen said he had made “significant progress.”
Pryor’s setback might actually have been a relief to those closest to Pryor. They feared he was coming back too soon from a concussion off a short week.